TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT. MAY 17. ADVERTISING RATES. Legal Advertissments. First Insertion per line .............. Each subsequent insertion, line, business and Professional cards one month......................................... Locals per line each insertion... Display advertisements, an inch and Lodge Notices, per line . All Resolutions of Condolence one month....................................... question discussed friendly spirit. $ • IO in a fair and GERMANS AND THEIR DEAD. 1917. WHAT THE WAR MEANS TO BUSINESS AND WHY. » .... Revolting Treatment. It is poor advice to argue in favor Present Problem* are New and Dif of stopping public and other improve- ferent but not More Difficult ’ ments on account of the war. That We pass through Evernicourt. There 1.00 would throw a large number of men ' is a dull smell in the air, as if a lime The other day 1 had a very interest- OS out of employment, and as it is diffi were being burnt. We are passing the cult for the working class to make great Corpse Exploitation Establish . ing discussion with a certain execu- both ends meet on account of the ment ( Kadaververwertungsanstalt) of i five m the shoe business who was la- •05 high cost of living, do not make their this army group. The tat that is won 1 | menting the troubles and difficulties condition more serious by depriving here is turned into lubricating oils,, , with which he had to contend at the SO them of employment. We are inclined and everything else is ground down 1 ¡present time. I took the position that to think the best plan is to try to in in the bones mill into a powder, . J it was true that all of us in the shoe crease, not decrease, work. We have which is used for mixing with pigs’ ' business were having our problems to THE TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT. heard several persons say they will food and as manure. ■ solve but that 1 did not believe they not vote for the state bond measure F. C. BAKER, Publisher. The above callous description of a were any more difficult than they on account of the war, but they look German “Corpse Exploitation Estab were in former times. I have been in the shoe business at the matter from a wrong stand lishment" situated behind the enemy’s point. lines north of Reims, was furnished about twelve years quite a number ------- 0------- by Herr Karl Rosner, special corres of the men in our selling force have I It appears to us that the County pondent of the Berlin Lokalanzeiqer been in the game twice that long and School Superintendent has been tak on the Western front, and is the first some even longer—but at any rate, I Tillamook has a new industry— ing desperate chances addressing the definite German admission concern have never seen a season, and I be moonshiners. school rnanns as “Dear Teachers.” ing the way in which the Germans lieve the other men will agree with me where there were no serious obstacles use dead bodies. Down with the gamblers—those We do not question but what the statement corroborates a to overcome in selling volume busi This superintendent was using correct who gamble in food—should be made form and that the school teachers striking account of this new and ness—obstacles that at the time seem a national issue. like to be addressed as "dears,” es horrible German industry which ap- ed just as hard to surmount as any ------- o------ pecially those who are in the single peared in the Independance Belge for thing that may be occurring now. The Women’s Civic Improvement It these problems are any more dif grade, but should some jealous hus April 10, as extracted from 1 La Bilg- League of this city should have a ral ficult it is not because they are more band of the school teachers who are ique, of Leyden, in Holland. ly to lelp ■ boost the state ami county This version, ommitting some of serious or in reality harder to over bitched up double decide that it look bond measures, tor good roads come the most repulsive details, is as fol- come, but it is because they are dif mull i the head of civic improvement. ed too familiar, we are wondering ferent and we perhaps are not as fa how the superintendent would square lows ; I himself anil appease a jealous and We have known for long that the miliar with the method of meeting W. H. Brune, editor of the Polk suspicious husband. these difficulties Germans stripped their dead behind and overcoming County Observer, is another Oregon the firing line, fastened them into simply because they are new and dif Euuoi to join the colors. And in this The "Tillamook Scrappers” are go- bundles of three or four bodies with ferent. connection it is worthy of remark I Take for example, a tendency on iron wire, and then dispatched these tne 09 employees of the Oregonian ing to get together again fur a real I grisley bundles to the rear. Until the part of some merchants to defer scrap, business ____ man who .. and every ____ ________ have done likewise. I fails to attend will have a scrap on his : recently the trains laden with the buying, either withholding all or part -------o ■. ! dead were sent to Searing, near of their purchases—until they can see We can well understand the reason hand. Noses will be counted of those ' Liege, and a point north of Brussels, what conditions the war will bring v ,iy county editors arc joining the who attend and those who do not. I where were refuse consumers. Much about. colors. The high cost of paper and 1 he scrap will be on Monday evening 1 surprise was caused by the fact that YA ith the present level of prices and with the prospect of being iorced out May 2ist, at the city hall, so put off of late this traffic has proceeded in all the war talk, it seems only natural of business on account of the war tax, all other engagements for that even the direction of Gerolstein, and it tnat some retail shoe dealers should is a serious condition confronting ing and attend this meeting. The next . business men’s banquet will take was noted that on each wagon was hesitate placing their business but them. this hesitation is really due to an in i place later. Let’s see how much you written “D. A. V. G.” -------- o-------- German science is responsible for sufficient study of the situation. are interested in the business progress If the state and county bond meas the ghoulish idea of the formation of In England today with the war ures arc defeated it will be on account of this city and whether you are a the German Offal Utilization Com nearly three years old, business is be live wire or a real, genuine slacker. oi tile apathy of citizens hi not going pany (Limited) ("D. A. Y. G.,” or ing conducted in larger volume than lu me polls, and for that reason a Something of considerable import “Deutsche Abfall-\ erwertungs Ges- ever before notwithstanding the ex ance to tins city is on the tapis, and movement should be started all over ellscha-tt”), a dividend earning com tremely high prices of all commodi tlic slate to get people to turn out your advice and assistance is needed. pany with a capital 01*250.00 pounds, ties. Now don ’ t forget this gentle remind and vote. In Canada the same thing is true. er slip your memory, but be there on the chief factory of which has been The situation there is particularly constructed i.too yards from the rail- the 21st 21 st and get into the scrap with ........ I The question as to having the tun- • • - I W ....... av connecting St. \ ith, near the significant and enlightening for the bcr iecruised is liable to cause some the other live scrappers who are en I Belgian frontier, with Gerolstein, in people of this country who want to deavoring to make this a better and uisci.esion sooner or later, for the the lonely, little irequented Eifel dis know the actual conditions that are reason that some of the timber 111- bigger business center. trict, south-west of Coblentz. This sure to prevail here. i.ri . s have shown and are still show i Canada has a population of about factory deals especially with the »lead 1 he Polk County Itemizer, a dyed from the west front, If the results 7,000,000. Of this number about 1,500- ing a most loonsh and hostile dispo in the wool democratic organ, might arc as good as the company sition toward 1 illamook city. hopes, 000 are classed as mail adults and of . . I have put some spice into the follow another will be established to deal this total one man in every three is What with the increase in the cost ing paragraph, it it had headed it with corpses on the East front. already in military service. 01 paper and the prospect of paying a with "Democratic Watchful Waiting," This means that nearly every able The factory is invisible from the big 1.ix on advertisements and mail while speculators rob the people: _______ _ railway. It is placed deep in forest bodied man between the ages of 18 charges, a good many editors will “We have been hearing _ a good deal country, with a specially thick growth and 45. lvalue that, instead of their news about government investigation of of trees about it. Live wires surround 1 have this information from the papers bunging them in a revenue, the high cost of living and that ci it. A special double track leads to it. proprietor ot a department store do they will have a white elephant un forts are to be made to find out tile The works are about 700 ft. long and ing business in Toronto, Canada and whys and wherefores and remedy the 110 ft. broad, ami the railway 1 runs also verified by a large American then hands molding public opinion. matter so far as practicable. But . re- _ completely around them. In the soap manufacturer who has a branch One argument advanced against the suits are not forthcoming. Something northwest corner of the works the in Canada. This particular brand of is wrong somewhere ami it appears state bond measure is that the roads soap is not a necessity. It sells for discharge of the trains take place. to be improved are scenic roads. We that it takes Uncle Sam a long time The trains arrive lull of bare bodies, 25c. a cake anil obviously is a luxury. to find out where. T he people, we be believe it, but the farmers first select which are unloaded by the workers Yet, their sales last year showed 37 ed these roads and have been using lieve, are literally robbed by specu who live at the works. The men wear per cent increase over the biggest lators. We won ’ t try to diagnose the .them for many years, and instead ol oilskin overalls and masks with mica season in the history of their com being impassable in winter with con case, but when we know that railroad eye-pieces. They are equipped with pany. i tinual maintenance charges, they are yards in various sections of the coun long hooked poles, and push the Similarly in England an old estab to be hardsurlaced so that farmers try arc filled with loaded cars of , bundles oi bodies to an endless chain, lished manufacturer of a popular and all kinds of vehicles can travel wheat and with elevators full all over ! which picks them with big hooks, at brand of soap (the Ivory of England) I the country, there surely is no excuse over them the year round. tached at intervals of 2 feet. The showed an increase in 1915 of 50 per for wheat being so high that one can bodies are transported on this endless cent in total volume of sales over any 1 he New s-Reporter gives good ad I not afford hot biscuits for breakfast, chain into a long narrow compart previous year and in 1916 his busi- , vice when it says: "Let's we forget! and there are other things as unreas ment, where they pass through a ness leaped to an increase of some- . All can join in a homely patriotic vir onable.” bath which disinfects them. They then thing more than 60 per cent over the . tue, up to this time not so strongly I go through a drying chamber, and 1915 sales. These are ths actual facts in the exemplified as it might be. It is to i Notwithstanding the great wave of finally are automatically carried into a buy at home and keep most of our patriotism that is manifest in every digester or great cauldron, in which case and a brief analysis will clearly mom y in circulation at home. And part of the United States, the unpa they arc dropped by an apparatus show that it is the perfectly natural the meal merchant can demonstrate triotic method* of the gamblers who which detaches them from the chain. order of things and will be true to his own patriotism by keeping the have cornered food stuffs and mer In the digester they remain from six even a greater extent in this country, In the first place, even the extreme prices down as much as possible, chandise calls for sharp rebuke and to eight hours, and are treated by Here's true co-operation, the kind condemnation. The American people steam, which breakes them up while war conditions after all draw but a that builds up communities and caus- are being fleeced and Congress is they are slowly stirred by machinery. very small proportion i of the total es them to prosper." From this treatment result several population into military service. This I slow in grappling with the serious state of affairs this is brought about. products. The fats are broken up into is especially true in this country. A t lie snap shot man has discussed But what ti contrast. Young men arc stearine, a form of tallow, and oils, million soldiers would represent only the state bond measure with a large volunteering their services to the which require to be redistilled before 1 per cent of our total population. number oi persons in a friendly spirit. country by the thousands, throwing they can lie used. The process of dis But, those who arc drawn into the There is one phase of the question up good positions, yet on the other tillation is carried out by boiling the army are taken from the ranks of the those who oppose and those who fa hand .1 large number of manufactur oil with carbonate of soda, and some working people, thus bringing about vor it are agreed upon, and that is ers and gamblers are growing fabul part of the byproducts resulting from a scarcity of labor which is all the they believe autos and auto trucks ously rich raising the prices of their this is used by Overman soap-makers. more accentuated because of the fact should pay for the hard surfaced products or what they control. This T he oil distillery and refinery lie in I I that the government is drawing on roans. This is what the stale bond is a great hardship upon those who the south-eastern corner of the works. ( all industries for an immense amount measure provides lor, provided the | have limited incomes, ami especially The refined oil is sent out in small of supplies. Thus the wage scale is brought to a counties will prepare the road bed. upon those w ho have large families. casks like those used for petroleum I very high level. In Canada girls who Amt instead of waiting until dooms I hose w ho are obtaining "blood mon and is a yellowish brown color. ' were formerly making $7.00, $«.00 and day to enjoy the hard surfaced roads, ey from the people when the country The fumes arc exhausted from $10.00 a week are now making from ii I-. proposed to have the work done is engaged in a serious war should be buildings by electric fans, and in five years. black listed as unpatriotic citizens and sucked through a great pipe to the families whose men are in the should always have the stigma resting north-eastern corner, where they are Il looks as though Mr. Spence, Upon them. The President has asked condensed and the refuge rsulting is army have a competence from the . government. I i Master ol the State Grange, is being every loyal citizen to do his best, and discliargd into a sewer. There is no Higher wages naturally makes more ' high chimney, as the boiler furnaces repudiated. About a month ago Mil the best that these greedy men are waukie Grange passed a rcsolu.ion doing is to fill their pockets, while arc supplied with air by electric fans. buying power—and while commod T here is a laboratory anil in charge ities become scarce and prices high, opposing the state bond measure. At others arc making great sacrifices yet money is plentiful. This produces its last iik (ting it revoked that reso when the government calls. This is .1 of the works is a chief chemist with a healthier condition so far as usi- lution ami went on record as favoring matter that needs prompt action by two assistants and 78 men. All the the $0,ooo,ooo state bond bill. "As a I ongress, which have delayed too employes are soldiers and are attach ness is concerned than in peace times. In this country the large army that step in the line of progress.” We long in putting a stop to the robbery. ed to the Sth Army Corps. There is a sanatorium by the works, and under is now being recruited is needed for I know that tin larmers of Oregon are no pretex is any man permitted to home defense—coast and boarder in favor ol good loads, and they use I hr troubles of county officials arc leave them. They are guarded as guards, inland river defenses and the good business judgment when they bridge and tunnel defences for the want hard surfaced roads, for that 1 multiplying. T he Tillamook County prisoners at their appaling work. railroads as you have doubtless ai kind of a road is a great benefit to '< ourt is being sued as individuals for ready seen in your travels over tile every farmer. ROCKAWAY DOINGS. [an alleged accident on the county I country. ------- o ■ ■ - | road. I hose who have political bees It will be a long time therefore be- \\ c are sorry to see that the Ore [buzzing in their bonnets had better fore any army could be spared for the Mrs. L. Shrader’s Rockaway friends gon Register, published at Eugene is I European battlefields and meantime, gave her a surprise in honor of her there naturally is no lessening in the op| using the $(>.000.000 State bond I consider well what they are getting 57th birthday. The ladies all came in measure. Editor Frank Jenkins came I into before they throw their hats in character costumes, after the fun was consumption of merchandise, par to I illamook last year in his machine, to the ring. But, then, Judge Hare, over with, lunch was served of coffee, ticularly shoes. In view of these facts it is foolish and he was held u|> on account ol his t oniniissioner ('wens and ex-Com- cake and sandwitches. ' to look for low er prices—especially auto being placed horse Je combat, On Monday May the 11 th, Mrs. in shoe leather and it obviously is a not traveling over good hard surfac missioncr MeKimcns haven’t coughed Schrader entertained the Ladies' ed roads, but in butting into ruts and up yet, but they are put to the ex- Needle Craft Club at her home in | part of wisdom for every merchant bad roads, causing him delay and ex- [ I pense of defending a suit. The gentle- Elmore Park. A stitch guessing con to cover himself on his requirements pense in sending to Portland for new j I men need not worry, for we don’t be test and a button hole contest were immediately while there is apparently parls. Most persons who own autos] much enjoyed l»y the ladies. The first a temporary lull. By the time fall rolls around busi- want hard surfaced road to eliminate lieve a Tillamook jury could be found prizes were carried oft by Mrs. Rus that kind ot delay and expense they who would soak them for several sell and Mrs. Shafer. The consolation i ness will be more active than ever—■ arc *0 frequently put Io, Bro. Jen thousand dollars. prizes by Mrs. Andrews and Mrs. there will be greater scarcity of Icath- kins. Shafer. Mrs. Schrader was assisted by I er—a greater scarcity of the right ' kind of shoes and besides, a likelihood Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Shafer. Lunch Special Meeting of Pomona Grange. was served of cake and punch. Each of car shortage or transportation Pomona Grange will meet in this -------o......- embargoes. lady had a toast to read The invited city on Saturday, and there will be an The Krohn-Fechheimer Co. The Tillamook County Pomona guests were Madame-. Casto, of Port open meeting in the afternoon at the Maker of Red Cross Shoes Grange will meet at Tillamook at the land. Tompsett, Spall. Sappington, city hall, commencing at I 30. to for Women. which the Grangers invite the citizens City Hall at to 30 a.m., Saturday, \ anortwick, Shafer, Jasinann, Myers. Huitz. .Andrews, to attend As the question of state May loth, for the purpose of discus Bolting, Huston, Jones, Russell Gray. Schloth, Miller, and County road bonds will be taken sing resolutions regarding Notice to Stockholders. the pro Fitzgerald, Boldrich. Walling, Ross, u|>. no doubt, by the Grangers, we are posed bond issue, and any other busi Misses, Veda Sappington, Alice Van- a little anxious to hear what they T he annual meeting of the stock ortw ick. have to say lor or against the bond ness to come before the meeting. holders of Tillamook Hotel Company The meeting in the afternoon from issue*. Anyway, it is going to be an will he held at the hotel building in interesting meeting, and the subject 1:30 to 2 30 will be open to the public. The Franklin Fish Market is now Tillamook City, Oregon, on Monday, will lie intelligently discussed from all By order of the Master, W, H. oprn for business, drop tn and look lune 4th. 1917, at 2 00 o’clock p m. angles, ami for that reason w e hope a All stockholders are requested to be Christensen. around at the Old Spanish Kitchen.— large number of persons will attend present. R. Y'. Blalock, Secretary. F. X. Elliott, Proprietor. • the meeting and hear all sides of the E. I. Claussen. See. •os Editorial Saap Shots. THE UNIVERSAL CAR Wherever Ford cars have pioneered, Ford service has kept pace. It! is the factor which strengthens the personal relation between Ford owners and the Company. To get the best possible service from your Ford car, bring it here when it needs attention and get the benefit of Ford supervision throughout. 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